"Summer is the busiest season for restaurants in most parts of the country -- including Iowa," said Jessica Dunker, president and CEO of the Iowa Restaurant Association in a news release issued Friday. "The uptick in business creates new and additional job opportunities at all levels of restaurant operations."

The group said the projected growth in 2014 summer restaurant and bar employment ranks Iowa 24th in the nation from the standpoint of greatest proportional increase.

More than 100,800 people are expected to be working in Iowa restaurants and bars this summer.

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